From: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com, rds-devel@oss.oracle.com, kuba@kernel.org,
horms@kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org,
allison.henderson@oracle.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:34:54 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260226213454.85586-1-achender@kernel.org> (raw)
syzbot reported a circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune() where
sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() is called while holding the socket lock:
======================================================
WARNING: possible circular locking dependency detected
------------------------------------------------------
kworker/u10:8/15040 is trying to acquire lock:
ffffffff8e9aaf80 (fs_reclaim){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x4b/0x6f0
but task is already holding lock:
ffff88805a3c1ce0 (k-sk_lock-AF_INET6){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: rds_tcp_tune+0xd7/0x930
The issue occurs because sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() performs memory allocation
(via get_net_track() -> ref_tracker_alloc()) while the socket lock is held,
creating a circular dependency with fs_reclaim.
Fix this by moving sk_net_refcnt_upgrade() outside the socket lock critical
section. Since the fresh socket is not yet exposed to other threads, no
locks are needed at this time.
Reported-by: syzbot+2e2cf5331207053b8106@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2e2cf5331207053b8106
Fixes: 5c70eb5c593d ("net: better track kernel sockets lifetime")
Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@kernel.org>
---
net/rds/tcp.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 04f310255692..da22b3dfdbf0 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -490,18 +490,24 @@ bool rds_tcp_tune(struct socket *sock)
struct rds_tcp_net *rtn;
tcp_sock_set_nodelay(sock->sk);
- lock_sock(sk);
/* TCP timer functions might access net namespace even after
* a process which created this net namespace terminated.
*/
if (!sk->sk_net_refcnt) {
- if (!maybe_get_net(net)) {
- release_sock(sk);
+ if (!maybe_get_net(net))
return false;
- }
+ /*
+ * We call sk_net_refcnt_upgrade before the lock_sock since it is
+ * not yet shared, no lock is needed at this time. Further,
+ * because sk_net_refcnt_upgrade does a GFP_KERNEL allocation,
+ * this can trigger an fs_reclaim in other systems which creates
+ * a circular lock dependancy. Avoid this by upgrading the
+ * refcnt before the locking the socket.
+ */
sk_net_refcnt_upgrade(sk);
put_net(net);
}
+ lock_sock(sk);
rtn = net_generic(net, rds_tcp_netid);
if (rtn->sndbuf_size > 0) {
sk->sk_sndbuf = rtn->sndbuf_size;
--
2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-26 21:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-26 21:34 Allison Henderson [this message]
2026-02-26 23:25 ` [PATCH net-next] net/rds: Fix circular locking dependency in rds_tcp_tune Eric Dumazet
2026-02-27 19:37 ` Allison Henderson
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